🎬 Documentary, Music

Roll over Beethoven: The Chess Records Saga

⭐ 7.0/10 2010 1h Dir. James Maycock

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Chicago's Chess Records was one of the greatest labels of the post-war era, ranking alongside other mighty independents like Atlantic, Stax and Sun. From 1950 till its demise at the end of the 60s, Chess released a myriad of electric blues, rock 'n' roll and soul classics that helped change the landscape of black and white popular music. Chess was the label that gave the world such sonic adventurers as Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Howlin' Wolf and Etta James. In this BBC 4 documentary to mark the label's 60th anniversary, the likes of Jimmy Page, Mick Hucknall, Public Enemy's Chuck D, Paul Jones and Little Steven, as well as those attached to the label such as founder's son Marshall Chess, pay tribute to its extraordinary music and influence.

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Year
2010
Runtime
1h
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.0/10
Votes
2
Genre
Documentary, Music
Director
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Documentary 🎭 Music 🎬 James Maycock 👤 Lynne Seymour 👤 Naphtalia Loderick 👤 Maurice Tompkins
record company chicago's chess records

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Roll over Beethoven: The Chess Records Saga has a runtime of 1h (1 hour).
Roll over Beethoven: The Chess Records Saga was directed by James Maycock and released in 2010.
Roll over Beethoven: The Chess Records Saga is a Documentary, Music film (2010).
The cast of Roll over Beethoven: The Chess Records Saga includes Lynne Seymour, Naphtalia Loderick, Maurice Tompkins, Elis Williams, Osian Williams-Huw.
Roll over Beethoven: The Chess Records Saga has a TMDB rating of 7.0/10 based on 2 votes.

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